The Monday meeting is running half an hour late this week only. When you save the change, Jarbas asks how far it should apply.
Editing an event that repeats brings up Apply changes with three options. Deleting brings up the same question as Delete recurring event.
The change applies only to the day you opened. Every other one stays as it was.
Use it for the exception: the meeting that shifted this week, the appointment that won't happen on this bank holiday.
Delete with this option and that day disappears from the calendar, while the series carries on before and after it.
The change applies from this day onwards. The past is left untouched.
Use it when something changed for good: the meeting moved from 9 to 10 from now on, your opening hours changed mid-year.
Delete with this option and the series ends at that point. Earlier events stay on record — that's what preserves what actually happened.
The change applies to every one, including those already past.
Use it when the event was wrong from the start — a typo in the title, the wrong customer linked.
Delete with this option and the whole series disappears from the calendar, first to last.
| Situation | Option |
|---|---|
| A one-day exception | This event only |
| Changed from here on | This and future events |
| Wrong from the start | All events in series |
Torn between the first two? Ask yourself: will this go back to normal next time? If yes, it's this event only.
Because the calendar is also a record. Change the time on every event and last month's entries start showing a time when nothing happened. Ending the series at the point of change keeps what already happened truthful.
The question always has a Cancel button. Tap it and nothing is changed or deleted — you can back out safely if you opened it by mistake.